Thread by @DrEricDing

I cry for South America—Paraguay, Suriname, Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia, Brazil & Peru are suffering a silent decimation by #COVID19 unlike anywhere else. Even in 7th-placed Peru, deaths per million is 9.12–more than 3x India. Countless families lost. 😢
theguardian.com/global-develop…

2) “There’s really so little support from the government – it’s a disaster. They should have prepared for all this from the start of the pandemic.”
As she spoke, two women collapsed in the hospital’s entrance, uncontrollable tears announcing another coronavirus death in Paraguay.

3) “We needed intensive care yesterday for my dad and there wasn’t any. There just isn’t any.”
On Wednesday this week, Paraguay registered 18.09 deaths per million, compared with 2.71 in India, 2.2 in South Africa, 1.01 in the US, and 0.14 in the UK.

4) And as the US and Europe begin to emerge from the pandemic, discard their masks and ponder how best to spend the recovery funds, the crisis most evident in Paraguay is playing out across much of South America.

5) Brazil is still having a horrific #COVID19 wave. It never ended for them all this time. We just simply didn’t pay attention. Same for all the countries listed above.

https://twitter.com/bnodesk/status/1405997775117033472